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I just wanted to share about a wonderful opportunity to connect with Author and Spiritual Teacher Ray Reitze who will be in Ohio on 6/19. Ryan and I did a two-day retreat with him at the beginning of the month that was inspirational! We had read his book – And We Shall Cast Rainbows Upon the Land – last fall and have been quoting it ever since! It was such a gift to spend time with this wise and gentle soul and I’m so happy to get to share the opportunity with those who weren’t able to come for the weekend event. We will be there for the evening and hope you can come too! Below are the details:

Walking the Guided Path with Author/Spiritual Teacher Ray Reitze

When: Tuesday June 19, 2018 from 7 – 10 PM

Where: Seven Hills, OH

What to Expect: We will be gathering around a fire to listen to the gentle wisdom and humorous teachings shared by Elder and Spiritual Teacher Ray Reitze for this three-hour Wisdom Circle. Participants will learn about Ray’s exceptional life, what he has learned along the way, and about the gifts of living a simple, connected life in harmony with Nature. Ray will also be sharing simple meditation techniques to help you get more deeply connected to your self and to the natural and spiritual world around you.

How the Evening Will Be Structured

The event will begin with a brief introduction and then Ray will be sharing about his life and experiences. Participants will also have ample opportunities to ask questions. We will take a break midway through for refreshments and a chance to connect more informally with those who gather for the event. The second hour will provide opportunities to practice different meditation techniques, to ask questions, and explore more deeply what Ray has shared.

A Little Background About Ray

Ray has lived a rich life with many adventures along the way! He was mentored by a Micmac Native American elder as a child, went through the Vietnam War, owns and runs a Maine Canoe Guide business, and mentors and teaches those seeking to live in a simple, connected life in harmony with one’s spirit and nature. He lives in a beautiful yurt-like log home off grid in the Maine woods and has much to offer the world on how to step away from life’s dramas and get back into a no-nonsense way of living that is deeply connected and joyful.

Love Exchange: $20

How To Register

Midwest Survival Skills is hosting this event, so you will need to pre-register on their website to reserve your spot. You can find the information here: Register for Ray Reitze Wisdom Circle

It is always a joy to see the natural world coming to life in the spring! We have been busy setting up our new Tentipi in Hinckley and are excited to share this new space with all of you! See below for an inspirational recording offering some intuitive input for the month of May and also news about upcoming events this month.

May Empowerment Reading and Coaching Tips – This is an MP3 recording sharing insights for how to work with the opportunities available to us this month energetically and spiritually. It also includes some techniques you can use to stay balanced and let go of resistance that might block the flow of abundance for you. You can access the recording here: May Empowerment Recording 2018

Opportunities to Connect this Month

May Coaching Plan and Package – I love these sessions! The focus is to get crystal clear on what you are called to manifest for the month ahead. Then we see what might be sabotaging your manifestation of this goal and get guidance on tools you can use to help you reach it. It can be done as an individual session or a package. The package provides ongoing support throughout the month at a discount. Love Exchange: Coaching Plan Session Only (90 minutes) – $75/Club Members or $150/Non-Members OR Coaching Plan with One 60 Minute Follow Up Session – $100/Coaching Members or $200/Non-Coaching Members or Coaching Plan with Two 60 Minute Follow Up Sessions – $200/Club Members or $400/Non-Members

*These sessions can be scheduled by phone or in person (in the Tentipi! In Hinckley, OH).

Personalized Energetic Essence Session and Product: I have been working with energetic essences for myself and loved ones a lot lately and they are a very powerful tool! I thought it might be helpful to offer this in combination with an empowerment reading, so that you can have a tool to use on your own following the session. I have a collection of energetic essences I have gathered from our travels that will be used for this session. Each essence is linked to an energy center of the earth bringing powerful healing to the whole system. The earth has all the same energy centers we have in our body and I also have energetic essences for working with animals, plants, Angels, and other spiritual beings. For this session, I will see what energetic essences are needed for you and we will get guidance on why it is needed and how it can best support you in making changes. You will also get a bottle of the essence that you can add to water or use in a bath at home. Love Exchange: Session and Essence: $65/Members or $130/Non-Members. Personalized Essence Only (I will prepare and send you the essence): $35 – Includes domestic shipping and taxes. International customers may have an additional fee depending on shipping costs.

5/11 New Moon Meditation Circle (Hinckley, OH) – For this Circle, we will be sharing a medicine wheel meditation where you will connect with guidance to help you manifest your New Moon Wishes. We will be working with the elements of Fire, Water, Earth and Air and your Spiritual Support Team of Angels and Spirit Guides for this experience. This will be held in the Tentipi or outside around a fire if the weather permits. Love Exchange: $20/Club Members or $40/Non-Members

North Carolina Spiritual Retreat 5/25-5/28 – This event is full, but watch for news coming out soon about a fundraiser that will have great prizes you can win and a free guided mediation to help you set up your energy system for a GREAT DAY!

Crossroads Coaching Club Membership: You can learn more about how to get 50% off of coaching services and events for the month here: Coaching Club Membership

Oracle Card Message for the Month of May

From the Gateway Oracle Cards by Denise Linn

“Looking Deeper – Things are not always as they seem. Look deeper into situations and relationships in your life. Something that seems closed may just be ready to open. If you go beneath the surface, you may find hidden gems of truth, light and abundance.”

Nancy’s Reflections

Spring is a time of new growth and with all new birth, the process can sometimes be painful or scary. If you think about a seed’s process before it pushes through the soil, there is a time when it may have no idea what it is reaching for. There is even the possibility that it won’t break through the shell that protects it to start growing at all. I feel we are collectively in such a period. We often resist letting go of our “shell” because we are afraid we will be hurt if we don’t stay hidden in the place we have felt protected. But just like the plant, if we don’t answer the call to grow into our full potential and to create new life, we will eventually stagnate and die.

When we “look deeper” into the circumstances of our lives, we discover there is no reason to be afraid. In fact, we, like the plant, are wired to survive and thrive. The plant is instinctively drawn toward the sun, even if it is unable to see it. We, too, are wired with a deep wisdom and powerful life force that wants us to thrive and grow.

That is the key this month for working with the energies of this card. It is to surrender to a deep trust that there is a part of you that always knows what is needed. It is the part of you that is connected to the Creator and the Earth itself. It knows where the light is and it knows what it needs to draw from the soil to grow toward that light. As we look beneath the surface of what is happening within us and our world, you can see that there is a seed that has broken open and new life that is pushing to be born into our world. Have faith that it will happen. Relax and trust that no matter how many times you look and see an empty field where you planted your dreams, that in truth, many of those seeds are on their way up to the surface ready to burst into life.

May Coaching Tool

This is a wonderful video sharing a 10 minute morning yoga chakra balancing sequence which originated with Anodea Judith (one of my favorite spiritual teachers/authors!). This is a gentle, easy practice that anyone can do and it will help get your energies flowing at the start of your day!

Below are some opportunities to connect for February. The first month of the Spiritual Support Network pilot program was a success, so I will be continuing it for February! This offers 50% off coaching services, along with other perks. You can learn more below, along with information about some of the events being offered:

I Ching Teaching Circles – Sunday 2/25 2-4PM (Hinckley, OH): The I Ching is a 5000 year old book and oracle that is based on the philosophy of Taoism. Taoism is explained in an ancient text called The Tao Te Ching 0r The Way of Life by Lao Tzu which teaches the philosophy of being in balance, working with the flow of yin and the yang, being in harmony with nature, non-resistance, and flowing with life. The I Ching is a much studied text and there are many versions of the book, some very complicated and confusing. We will be using two easy to access variations – The I Ching: Book of Changes by Brian Browne Walker that is a great introductory version and the Secrets of the I Ching by Joseph Murray. The first hour will focus on the process of getting guidance with the I Ching, doing a group reading, and the second hour will focus on giving you the opportunity to do a reading for yourself which I will help you interpret. I started my spiritual journey with the I Ching and worked with it extensively for several years. I am excited to share its philosophy and wisdom with you! You will need three pennies, paper, and pencil to participate. Book purchase is optional. Love Exchange: $15/Network Members or $30/Non-Network Members

Movement is a big theme for this year, so we will be starting the meditation circles with me sharing some of my favorite tools to settle the nervous system and to get your energy flowing optimally for the meditation. These will be gentle movement activities that share different energy balancing techniques you can also use during the meditation process. There will be a guided meditation, independent meditation time, and an opportunity to share as well. Love Exchange: $15/Network Members or $30/Non-Network.

Grow Your Gifts Reiki Workshop 2/17 (Saturday) 12 PM – 5 PM Hinckley, OH
In my work as an Intuitive Life Coach, my mission is to help people become empowered by clearing emotional, physical, mental and spiritual blocks, to connect them more deeply to their own innate wisdom and spiritual gifts, and to empower them to share those gifts as part of their life purpose. Learning a modality like Reiki offers a powerful tool to help in this process. Reiki is a Japanese energy healing technique that offers many gifts to the practitioner and the one receiving the energy healing. It provides a way to balance and heal yourself, as well as shifting your vibration which makes it easier to connect with your Spiritual Support Team of Angels and Spirit Guides. For this workshop, you will be learning the answers to the following questions:

What is Reiki?

How can Reiki help empower me and those I love?

What are the steps to administer Reiki?

How can Reiki be used for healing?

How is Reiki tied to my life purpose?

How can I use Reiki in a way that is safe and nurturing for my system, especially for those who are highly sensitive?

How can I keep my vibration high so I have increased clarity and accuracy when connecting with my intuition?

Participants in the workshop will be receiving Reiki One attunements, experiencing hands on instruction and practice time, learning how to work with their intuition using Reiki, and intuitive guidance on how to more deeply connect to your Spiritual Support Team using Reiki to support this process. This workshop will be co-taught by Reiki Masters, Nancy Nicholas and Neil Kopchak. Love Exchange: $50/Network Members or $100/Non-Members

Join the Network for February:
If you would like to learn more about the Spiritual Support Network which offers a one month membership for the love offering of your choice ($25-$150) which provides 50% off coaching services and other perks, visit the link below:Spiritual Support Network

*April 2018 – Spiritual Support Network name changed to Coaching Club

How to Register

Please use the contact form below to register for any of the upcoming events! Just indicated which event you wish to sign up for in the comment block.

We had an amazing retreat with Jaap Van Etten last week in Sedona! I am excited to share the experience with all of you.

I am going to do a call on Thursday 11/2 at 7PM EST for those who would like to experience a guided meditation/journey to one of the magical places we visited as part of the retreat (hint – it involves dragons!). All love offerings from this call will be going into the Crossroads Coaching Scholarship Fund. Just make a love offering of any amount and I will email you the call in details. I will also be recording the call, so you can listen later if you aren’t able to make it in person. You can make a love offering to the Scholarship Program here: Scholarship Fund

Join me and Aromatherapist/Spiritual Teacher Laurie Price for a three- hour workshop in Hinckley, Ohio! When I was on my last trip out west, I came across these wonderful pendant necklaces that could hold an essential oil. That sparked an idea that led to the birth of this workshop! For this event, you will learn how to connect and work with your Archangels, Angels and Spirit Guides more closely, create an essence to help you connect with them easily, and create your own essential oil blend to use with the essence you create, as well as learn some tips on working with essential oils. You will each receive a pendant essential oil vial to wear your new blend. You will also get to try out some different Angel oracle cards and other tools to help you work with your Archangels more easily. We will have some gift items for sale too (books, essential oils, chakra and meridian essences, and crystals) for yourself or as gifts for loved ones. Light refreshments, hot tea, and maybe a warm wood burning stove fire if the weather calls for it will be included! Love Exchange: $75 or $65 when you register with a friend. Use the contact form below to sign up!

I am North Carolina until the end of the month, but will be heading back to the Ohio area for the first week of May. I will be sharing some opportunities to connect when I am back in another post, but I wanted to be sure and invite you to this fun event at Conversations & Co Boutique! I am one of the presenters, along with some of my dear and talented friends. The workshop includes lunch and 20% off at the beautiful boutique. See below for full details…

It felt like a good day to take a trip to the Gulf of Mexico and let the salty water wash away whatever we are ready to let go of!

I am cleansed of all that I no longer need!

How to Work with the Image to Support the Process
• Take a moment to center yourself. Close your eyes and breathe in and out slowly three times. Let your exhale be longer than your inhale.

• Open your eyes and focus on the image. Ask your Spiritual Support Team to help you come into harmonic resonance with the image and to receive the amount of energy from the essence of the place for your highest and best good.

• Use your imagination to put yourself in the photo. Use all your senses to interact with what is shown. What do you feel, see, hear, smell, taste and touch as you connect?

• Ask for Divine guidance on how you can incorporate the gifts from this essence into your own life and situation. Allow yourself to feel the love and support flowing to you and through you from the Earth and the Divine.

• Repeat the affirmation (see caption) as you breathe in and out slowly.

• Be open to any additional thoughts, sounds, smells, or images that come to you as you are working with the photo. Consider these as messages to support you on your path. Ask what these impressions mean to you. What do they make you think or feel?

• Continue to recall the image throughout the day when you wish to bring in the energy it provides.

• Express your gratitude for the gifts given to you through the experience.

This photo was taken at Hopewell Monument National Park. I spent some time on the ground on the other side of the large mound in the center of the photo. It has amazing energy! The sycamore really stood out too. In Ted Andrew’s Nature-Speak, sycamore means “nourishment and beauty abound; new life and new gifts.” Another section describes it in this way, “The sycamore awakens the feminine energies of intuition, beauty and nourishment around us. It can open us to the energies of love and Nature and all their magnificent aspects. The sycamore will augment all connections to Nature, and its appearance in our life encourages us to draw upon the realm of Nature for health, abundance and inspiration.” You might want to do this two times. One to connect with the energy of the Earth around the large mound and the second time to connect with the energy of the sycamore.

How to Work with the Image to Support the Process

Take a moment to center yourself. Close your eyes and breathe in and out slowly three times. Let your exhale be longer than your inhale.

Open your eyes and focus on the image. Ask your Spiritual Support Team to help you come into harmonic resonance with the image and to receive the amount of energy from the essence of the place for your highest and best good.

Use your imagination to put yourself in the photo. Use all your senses to interact with what is shown. What do you feel, see, hear, smell, taste and touch as you connect?

Ask for Divine guidance on how you can incorporate the gifts from this essence into your own life and situation. Allow yourself to feel the love and support flowing to you and through you from the Earth and the Divine.

Repeat the affirmation (see caption) as you breathe in and out slowly.

Be open to any additional thoughts, sounds, smells, or images that come to you as you are working with the photo. Consider these as messages to support you on your path. Ask what these impressions mean to you. What do they make you think or feel?

Continue to recall the image throughout the day when you wish to bring in the energy it provides.

Express your gratitude for the gifts given to you through the experience.

I connect with the warmth of my inner sun, knowing it lights my way and warms my heart.

It is bitterly cold in Ohio right now. The weather is making it very difficult to be outdoors as much as I like to be. It is a good time to remember we can always connect and bring in the energy of Mother Earth, even if we aren’t able to be directly outdoors. Take a moment to connect with this image, feeling the warmth of the sun and the bright, freshness to the air to recharge your own inner sun. Eventually, the sun will bring spring again. We might as well take this time to dream within of what we wish to see bloom when the season changes.

How to Work with the Image to Support the Process

Take a moment to center yourself. Close your eyes and breathe in and out slowly three times. Let your exhale be longer than your inhale.

Open your eyes and focus on the image. Ask your Spiritual Support Team to help you come into harmonic resonance with the image and to receive the amount of energy from the essence of the place for your highest and best good.

Use your imagination to put yourself in the photo. Use all your senses to interact with what is shown. What do you feel, see, hear, smell, taste and touch as you connect?

Ask for Divine guidance on how you can incorporate the gifts from this essence into your own life and situation. Allow yourself to feel the love and support flowing to you and through you from the Earth and the Divine.

Repeat the affirmation (see caption) as you breathe in and out slowly.

Be open to any additional thoughts, sounds, smells, or images that come to you as you are working with the photo. Consider these as messages to support you on your path. Ask what these impressions mean to you. What do they make you think or feel?

Continue to recall the image throughout the day when you wish to bring in the energy it provides.

Express your gratitude for the gifts given to you through the experience.

Are you feeling like you are in hibernation mode this month? I have heard from many of you who are feeling this way (and I am too!). I take this as a good sign that we have moved more into alignment with nature’s rhythms, something that is our natural state of being. Honor this time to reflect, rest and recharge your system if you are able to.

I’ve had a lot of clients and family members (including me) having strange physical symptoms occurring lately. I’m sure it is tied to the Ascension process, but it is also an invitation to develop a better communication system between our body/mind/spirit. This month’s empowerment circle and special offer provide an opportunity to learn from any physical situation that is going on. You can learn more below. Let me know if you have any questions!

Love to you all!

Nancy

Featured Book

Your Body Speaks Your Mind: Decoding the Emotional, Psychological, and Spiritual Messages That Underlie Illness by Deb Shapiro:A great book to help you understand the messages your physical body is sending you!

“121 Reverberation: Participate in Mystery – Visualize and feel Reverberation as the cosmic vibratory feedback of all you have sent out. Reverberation says, ‘Every wave of breath, feeling and thought is still and equipoised in space. Behold yourself in the cosmos and the cosmos within yourself. Change isolated memories into the living feedback of the universe within you.’ Affirmation: My thoughts and feelings are a field of cosmic reverberations giving me feedback.”

“8 Infinity: Release and Return – Visualize and feel infinity within your own being. You are open and at once with all things through infinity. Infinity says, ‘Change limitation to infinite returns. You are abundance. Feel the waves of power returning to you infinitely.’ Affirmation: I let go of rigidity and go forth with faith in the flow of life returning infinitely.”

Events This Month

1/13/2014: Raise Your Vibration – Becoming Divinely You Special Guest Call with Jaap Van Etten Ph.D., (6:30-8:00 PM EST) – Explore working with Archangel Gabriel, the winter season, the element of air, and the higher mind during this guided meditation and lecture with metaphysical ecologist/author Jaap Van Etten, Ph.D. Raise Your Vibration Program participants are free. Guests may join the call for $25. Email Nancy if you are interested (Nancy@EmpoweringLightworkers.com).

1/22/2014: Registration deadline for January Empowerment Circle (What is Your Body Trying to Tell You?). See below for details.

Opportunities to Connect

January Empowerment Circle – What is Your Body Trying to Tell You?: Registration deadline is Wednesday 1/22/2014. Description: For this month’s empowerment circle, I’ll be using the book Your Body Speaks Your Mind by Deb Shapiro and Heal Your Body by Louise Hay along with intuitive insights from your Angels and Spirit Guides to help you understand your body’s messages, so that you can move into optimal health. Tips will also be shared to apply the knowledge given. The recording will be done anonymously (you’ll be told the number of your reading) and all messages will have gifts for all listening, as you will learn about how different physical conditions connect to your emotions and mental state. An intention setting meditation will be done at the end of the session and a Vibrational Healing Card (Rebecca Pattee Kryder, Ph. D). will be shared for the group. Cost is $12/Soul Friend Community Members; $15/Non-Members. You can learn more and register at this link: Empowerment Circles

1/19/2014 (7PM EST): Nancy’s Soul Friends Community Empowerment Call – Meditation to Restore and Recharge with Special Guest/Chios Master, Ed Snyder: Join me and my special guest, Chios Master Ed Snyder, to learn a powerful meditation technique to restore, recharge and balance your system. For the first half of the call, Ed will guide us through the meditation process he uses daily that is based on the Chios Energy system. For the second half of the call, those present will have a chance to ask questions and I will do oracle card readings for those who request it (as many as time allows). The first half of the call will be recorded and the link shared after the event. This call is free for Nancy’s Soul Friends Community Members. Non-Members – $15 (Register and Learn More here: Empowerment Calls)

New Client Options/January Special Offer

Interested in working with Nancy? I offer a $25/25 minute empowerment reading or a $10 Empowerment Circle reading for new clients. Learn more about what I do and how to sign up here: How to Get Started

January Special Offer: Body/Mind/Spirit Empowerment Reading – $10 off ($50/30 minute reading for non-members; $35/30 minute reading for community members). For this reading, we will empower your ability to connect and understand the messages your physical system is sending. We will use the Emotion Code to clear any trapped emotions connected to the condition addressed. A Crystal Ally Card (Naisha Ahsian) will be shared at the end of the reading to offer additional support in understanding and healing your system. Special offer ends 1/31/2014. Email me to participate – Nancy@EmpoweringLightworkers.com

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Love blossoms within me, spreading around me, shared with everyone I meet.

Happy Holidays!

I hope you are all having a wonderful time celebrating! I love the feel of turtle energy. It is so gentle, calm and steady. It felt like a good energy to connect with as we head into 2014. I wish you all peace within your own being, love in your hearts and lives, and a joyous year ahead! Below are some directions to work with the energy of the image.

How to Work with the Image to Support the Process

Take a moment to center yourself. Close your eyes and breathe in and out slowly three times. Let your exhale be longer than your inhale.

Open your eyes and focus on the image. Ask your Spiritual Support Team to help you come into harmonic resonance with the image and to receive the amount of energy from the essence of the place for your highest and best good.

Use your imagination to put yourself in the photo. Use all your senses to interact with what is shown. What do you feel, see, hear, smell, taste and touch as you connect?

Ask for Divine guidance on how you can incorporate the gifts from this essence into your own life and situation. Allow yourself to feel the love and support flowing to you and through you from the Earth and the Divine.

Repeat the affirmation (see caption) as you breathe in and out slowly.

Be open to any additional thoughts, sounds, smells, or images that come to you as you are working with the photo. Consider these as messages to support you on your path. Ask what these impressions mean to you. What do they make you think or feel?

Continue to recall the image throughout the day when you wish to bring in the energy it provides.

Express your gratitude for the gifts given to you through the experience.